On the occasion
of the wedding of a family member in Stockholm in July 2010, we looked for old
links of our family with Sweden. We found at least four links via all four
grandparents:

Swedish Kings: lines via the 4 grandparents

Pedigree Zuiderent-van Wijgerden

Olof Skötkonung of Sweden (ca. 980 - 1022)

Olof lived in the same
timeperiod as our first known Vlaardingen ancestor!

Astrid of Sweden

Wulfhilde of Norway

Magnus von Sachsen Billung

Wolfhilde von Sachsen Billung

Mathilde Welf

Adelheid von Sulzbach

Dietrich IV von Kleve

Dietrich V von Kleve

Dietrich von Kleve

Mechteld von Kleve

Isabella von Luxemburg

Gérard de Grandpré

Thičrry III de Grandpré

Philippa de Grandpré

Jean I d'Argenteau

Guillaume I d'Argenteau

Jacques I d'Argenteau

Elisabeth d'Argenteau

Bernard van den Bongard

Jan van den Bongaert

Cornelis van den Bongaert

Catharina van den Bongaert

Jan Melsen Croonenburg

Tryntje Jans Croonenburg

Heyltje Jans Visser

Leendert Pietersz Visser

Pieter Leendertse Visser

Adriaantje Pietersdr Visser

Maaike van der Linden

Bastiaantje Janna Steenbergen

Adriaantje Lijntje den Hartigh

Ingegerd (Anna) of Sweden

Anna Yaruslavna of Kiev

Philips I de France

Louis VI de France

Louis VII de France

Maria de France

Maria de Blois Champagne

Margarethaof
Constantinopel

Jan I van Avesnes

Jan II van Holland (& Heneg.)

Aleid van Henegouwen

Wolfert III van Borselen

Aleida van Borselen

Zweder van Heenvliet

Maria van Heenvliet

Willem B. van Drenkwaert

Maria van Drenkwaert

Anna Willemsdr van Alblas

Willem van Nuijssenburg

Johan van Nuijssenburg

Herman van Nuijssenburg

Anna van Nuijssenburg

Geertruij Cornelis Barendrecht

Anna Pieters Hartigveld

Geertruij Teunis Roos

Neeltje Bestebroer

Jacob Monster

Cornelis Monster

Arie Monster

Arnoldus Monster

Ingegerd (Anna) of Sweden

Isjaslaw I Jarasl. ofKiev

Swjatopolk II of Kiev

Predalawaof
Kiev

Bela II of Hungary

Elisabeth of Hungary

Ludmilla of Poland

Kunigunde von Lotharingen

Sophie von Limburg

NN von Altena-Isenberg*

Gottfried I von
Sponheim-Sayn

Engelbert I
vonSayn-Homburg

Gottfried II von
Sayn-Homburg

Jutta von Sayn

Jutta von
Grafschaft

Wilhelm von
Nesselrode Stein

Swenolt von
Nesselrode

Margaretha von
Gevertzhain

Ludwig von
Bernsau

Wilhelm V von
Bernsau

Heinrich Bernsau

Maria Bernsau

Anna Katharina Spieker

Johann Gottfried Üllenberg

Engelbert Üllenberg

Johannes Engelbertus
Ullenberg

Elsje Ullenberg

Johannes Engelbertus la Verge

Pietronella Margaretha la Verge

Evertje den Boesterd

Ingegerd (Anna) of Sweden

Anna Yaruslavna of Kiev

Hugo I de
Vermandois

Isabel de
Vermandois

Ada de Varennes

Ada of Scottland

Willem I van
Holland

(Jutta) van
Holland*

Peter van
Borselen

Jutta van
Borselen

Maria van der Lecke

Catharina van Brederode

Maria van Polanen

Machteld van Heemstede

NN Dirksdr van Hodenpijl

Machteld van den Ho(o)rn

Margriet Jan Sijmensdr

Heyndrick Aemsz (vd Burch)

Jacob Heijnricksz (vd Burch)

Hendrick Jzn. van der Burch

Adam Hzn. van der Burch

Ariaentje Adams van der Burch

Simon Dircks van IJssenburg

Lijsbeth Simons van IJssenburg

Aaltje Eufts van der Kaag

Euft Willems Hoek

Teunis Hoek

Maria Hoek

Jacob Willemsz Baars

Bastiaan Jacobsz Baars

Hendrik Bastiaansz Baars

Bastiaan Hendriksz Baars

Jacob Bastiaan Zuiderent

Jannetje Monster

Gijsbert Marius van Wijgerden

Aaltje Baars

Arnold Zuiderent

Plony van Wijgerden

J.G. Zuiderent

*= weak linkBlue = nobility

Olof Skötkonung

Olof was baptised, probably by the missionary Sigfrid,
c.1008, and he was the first Swedish king to remain Christian until his death.
However, according to Adam of Bremen, the fact that the vast majority of the
Swedes were still pagan forced him to limit Christian activities to the already
Christian border province of Västergötland.

One possible explanationof the name
"Skötkonung" is that it means "treasure king" and refers to
the fact that he was the first Swedish king to stamp coins.

When he stamped coins in Sigtuna in the province of Uppland
Olof used the word rex for king. OLUF REX as in the coin displayed above or
OLAF REX. The use of Latin seems to suggest that he was already baptised at
this time but on the other hand the coins were imitating English pennies in
type and style. Sigtuna is written SITUN, ZINT (in the coin above), ZTNETEI, or
SIDEI. The two last has been deciphered as Si(gtuna) Dei meaning God's Sigtuna.

Olof was succeeded by his son Anund Jacob.

Source: Wikipedia

Link with Vlaardingen, Holland

In the same time period that Olof lived, the first known
ancestor of the Zuiderent family (in the male line) lived in Vlaardingen, where
he was burried around 1040 (see under DNA).

Some years later we also meet coins from Vlaardingen,
stamped by count Dirk V of Holland (1061-1091). Just like the Swedish coins,
the style seems to be inspired by the English pennies. As far as we know, only
one of these Vlaardingen coins has been found until yet. This rare coin happens
to be collected in the Royal Coin Cabinet of Stockholm. The texts on the coin
are: COMES (= Count) and FLARDINGA (= Vlaardingen).